The second word of verse (12:76) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A preposition, noun and possessive pronoun. The prefixed preposition bi is usually translated as "with" or "by". The noun is masculine plural and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The noun's triliteral root is wāw ʿayn yā (و ع ي). The attached possessive pronoun is third person masculine plural. Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph) (12:76:2) bi-awʿiyatihim with their bags
P – prefixed preposition bi N – genitive masculine plural noun PRON – 3rd person masculine plural possessive pronoun	جار ومجرور و«هم» ضمير متصل في محل جر بالاضافة

Verse (12:76)

The analysis above refers to the 76th verse of chapter 12 (sūrat yūsuf):

Sahih International: So he began [the search] with their bags before the bag of his brother; then he extracted it from the bag of his brother. Thus did We plan for Joseph. He could not have taken his brother within the religion of the king except that Allah willed. We raise in degrees whom We will, but over every possessor of knowledge is one [more] knowing.

See Also

• English Translations
• Preposition Phrases
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root wāw ʿayn yā

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Asim Iqbal 2nd 7th June, 2011 aw'iy is plural of wi'aa. on the weight fi'aal. A Word for Word Meaning of the Qur'an by Muhammad Mohar Ali. Surah 12: Ayat76

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